Crown protected!
The defending NCAA champion LSU gymnastics team defended their SEC title Saturday in dominant fashion. For the second consecutive year, the Tigers posted the only 198 of the SEC championship, finishing with a second consecutive 198.200. They beat Oklahoma’s 197.925, Florida’s 197.825, Missouri’s 197.400, Alabama’s 197.100, Kentucky’s 196.775, and Auburn and Georgia’s 195.950s. This is LSU’s sixth SEC gymnastics championship and fifth since 2017.
Kailin Chio officially wins SEC Freshman of the Year
As expected, Kailin Chio won SEC Freshman of the Year. Her dominant season is one that’ll be hard to top thanks to her unmatched execution across all four events and the fact that there were only a handful of other freshman all-arounders.